Kyrie Irving has solid an extended shadow over the NBA this season. After sitting out most of final yr as a result of he refused to get the Covid vaccine, the Brooklyn Nets famous person one way or the other precipitated an excellent larger controversy this yr when tweeted out a hyperlink to a movie loaded with antisemitic materials.
Irving’s resolution to champion disinformation didn’t begin with the pandemic, after all. Back in 2017, Irving stated he believed the Earth was flat earlier than later pulling again on the false declare and saying he was joking. Well, individuals don’t overlook. When Irving went to the free throw line towards the Pistons on Sunday, the Detroit stadium operations crew put a spinning globe and Hanukkah menorah on the jumbrotron. Here’s proof:
Nice gag by the Pistons, but it surely didn’t work. Irving completed with 38 factors on 13-of-23 taking pictures from the sector. He additionally went 7-of-8 from the foul line.
The Nets have gained 10 of their final 11 video games and are streaking up the East standings. Irving and Kevin Durant are each top-15 within the NBA in scoring and all of the sudden appear to be the highest duo they have been at all times alleged to be. All is nice in Nets land proper now … not less than till Irving’s subsequent controversy.